Her name is Sharon Schamber. Just google her name in and her u-tube video is easy to understand.
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spray baste is your friend... I have spread a king size quilt over my dining table and sprayed it together. I've also used my floor - spread it as flat as I could and rolled on side up so that a little better than half layed completely flat then spray in sections starting in the middle. once that side is done roll it up and spread the other half flat... then flip and spray the back down the same way
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Even though my house is big (tall and narrow) we don't have much floor space to baste quilts either. I use my mom's full sized bed (I mostly do twin or smaller) but I have done 2 larger quilts and I put as much as I can on her bed, pin heavily, then slide and do the other part that didn't fit on the bed. I too don't know where to go do pin large quilts as I'm in the middle of a queen sized quilt. I may show up at my church and do it there if my mom's bed doesn't work to well. Good luck though!
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Ive used sharon scomburgs board method and it works really well. You do it at the table
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I clamp backing, batting and top on my glass topped dining table, moving them until all is pinned. I don't use spray basting as you have to have all surounding areas covered to catch overspray. I also have a pet bird and afraid it would harm her.
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Some good ideas, I had not thought of folding it in half and doing half at a time. It's so much easier to do it at home then try to get out to a place!
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I dont't know your location in UK, but there is a lady from Stoke On Trent, North Staffordshire, that has a lovely & fun blog. She meets in a number of different places. Seems like a great group of ladies. Reading her blog is a bright spot in my day. If you are not near, perhaps she can give you some locations or shops that may have room for you to work.
Her blog is at angiesquilts.blogspot.com |
Here is some information about quilting in thirds that I found somewhere and have used:
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Big big thank you to all that have replied x
hi all, thank you so much for all those that have replied to my post
i am currently reading and re~reading all the advice you have given me! some of it seems complicated haha (bet it isnt really!) but i am having a good read and am googling some of the links suggested to try and get a clearer picture :) keep it coming guys ~ i really do appreciate the time you have all taken to help me out with this :) lisa x ps...good to know i am not alone in my dilema ;) |
This is also a problem for me. Not enough floor space and although I do have a bed I could use it would leave me in pain for days from bending over. I use my cutting table. I center the back and clamp using large binder clips
.... http://tinyurl.com/7pcfr82 ...... I spray baste and smooth down the batting and move the clips to to hold both back and batting.... then more spray and the top and again move the binder clips so its holding all 3 layers. After I pin that I slide the quilt , fold back layer by layer and spray and smooth and reclip and pin , I do this on all 4 sides that were hanging over the edge of the table. Before I had the binder clips and cutting table I used blue painters tape and the kitchen table. Hope this makes sense. |
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